Originally Posted By cugir:My wife is hosting a co-ed baby shower tomorow.There will games and prizes, moms and babies...and their husbands.There will be gifts for the new mother AND father.

Sweet Jesus.

is this normal?

Not around here.

I plan to attempt to sneak all the men to the nearby indoor range.

That's a good plan.

Jasondcrum: I fully agree with the word 'hazard' when you combine my ass, a speedo and a couple of spun-up magnatron tubes in a big pot of boiling water thats probably spiked with a hint of some dudes baby batter.

I ditched out on something like that about a month ago with my girlfriend. She said "but you're invited" and I just looked at her. Then she said "you're not going, are you", and I just looked at her. They she made her way to the door to leave, and I poured myself a nice drink.

Originally Posted By Another_Dude:I ditched out on something like that about a month ago with my girlfriend. She said "but you're invited" and I just looked at her. Then she said "you're not going, are you", and I just looked at her. They she made her way to the door to leave, and I poured myself a nice drink.

hey, now we had one when my wife was pregnant. but, because of me, it was basically a big bbq with a fire and complete with much beer. the only difference was that in one corner of the yard there was a picnic table with presents and couple balloons. all the guys just stood over on one side and bullshitted drinkin beer. it was alright. had a couple friends get good and drunk. if you do it like that-it ain't too bad. i just had to go over when it was "time to open presents" and help the wifey open presents in front of everyone. that was the most brutal part. i survived.

I think it's fine, as long as the activities are also co-ed. That is, if they think I'm gonna sit around watching a bunch of cooing women open "darling" little presents, they are sadly mistaken. I want red meat, beer, cigars, and something manly and entertaining. For example, a gun collection to play with, or a John Wayne movie marathon, or a barbecue pit roiling with smoke. If my wife (or somebody elses' wife) expects me to play some lame game with lace and doilies and pastel colors on it, I'm gone. So in other words, my approval of said activity is only theoretical, since no baby shower in the history of baby showers has ever unfolded this way.

If you do attend a baby shower that is beer-, gun-, or John Wayne-free, then you have no balls.

PS Why do women ask us to do this stuff? Do they think we'll enjoy it? I don't ask my wife to go hunting with me for a week, with no showering and cold treestands and profane stories swapped with my buddies in front of the fire. I know she'd hate it, so I don't bother. But for some reason they want us involved in their lame feminine crap. I guess my wife knows better, but many of my buddies' wives don't.

Originally Posted By deerkillindad21:hey, now we had one when my wife was pregnant. but, because of me, it was basically a big bbq with a fire and complete with much beer. the only difference was that in one corner of the yard there was a picnic table with presents and couple balloons. all the guys just stood over on one side and bullshitted drinkin beer. it was alright. had a couple friends get good and drunk. if you do it like that-it ain't too bad. i just had to go over when it was "time to open presents" and help the wifey open presents in front of everyone. that was the most brutal part. i survived.

jake

+1

I never surrendered but they took my horse and made him surrender. He's pulling a wagon up in Kansas I'll bet.- Lone Wati.

All i have to say is WOW... if one of my good buddies wife was making him stay for a baby shower, I may go to kepp him company. But I think we would prolly head out to the grage, grab a door, 1 couple of 30's and play some beer pong.... Or mayber poker for shots...

Originally Posted By Another_Dude:I ditched out on something like that about a month ago with my girlfriend. She said "but you're invited" and I just looked at her. Then she said "you're not going, are you", and I just looked at her. They she made her way to the door to leave, and I poured myself a nice drink.

Your pimp hand is somewhat strong, but if stronger, she would have poured your drink before leaving.

We had one at our house for a friend of my wife. Disaster. Couples showed up with their kids and proceeded to turn them loose in our house. No supervision of the kids at all by any of the parents. So I had to follow the kids around, take away knives they were extracting from our kitchen drawers etc. One kid kept poking my dog in the eye until my dog finally bit him.

I'm the best man in my buddy's wedding this summer, and my mom went to the shower (non-coed, btw) today. She asked me to check their registries on the interweb to see what was left, and she got angry when I suggested she pick up the DeWalt sawz-all from Sears

My wife just read this thread and does not see the light, She can clearly see that most men might object , at least here at arfcom.

She just walked in and rattled off this retort,

"Real men with balls can do a selfless act like go with their wife to a party. There will be challenging skill games like a carnival dart/ballon game, A fulll size arcade (MAME) cabinet, a baby tossing contest, baby races, and baby bottles with alcohol game. They should quit whining and go make their own fun in the corner. It's only 3 hours for christssake."Then she came out and said "Don't reply to that bunch of ninnies."

I'm sending the father this thread link so maybe I can convince him to go to the range with the other men and I at least for an hour, my treat. I think that would go a long way to allevate teh ghey.

Originally Posted By Zakk_Wylde_470:I'm the best man in my buddy's wedding this summer, and my mom went to the shower (non-coed, btw) today. She asked me to check their registries on the interweb to see what was left, and she got angry when I suggested she pick up the DeWalt sawz-all from Sears

I love DeWalt tools. I would greatly appreciate one as a gift.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say. A fool speaks because he has to say something.

"Real men with balls can do a selfless act like go with their wife to a party. There will be challenging skill games like a carnival dart/ballon game, A fulll size arcade (MAME) cabinet, a baby tossing contest, baby races, and baby bottles with alcohol game. They should quit whining and go make their own fun in the corner. It's only 3 hours for christssake."Then she came out and said "Don't reply to that bunch of ninnies."

Actually I'd rather go the the range myself.

We have to learn to let go of the life that we had planned in order to embrace the life that is waiting for us.